Montag, 10. Januar 2011
Greece Admits Data Falsified to Enable Euro EntryOnlineredaktion - Greece admits it joined the euro single currency in 2001 on the basis of figures that showed its budget deficit to be much lower than it really was. Eurozone states are expected to have deficits below 3 percent of gross domestic product, but revised data ...
Cables Shed Light on Ex-K.G.B. Officer’s DeathAlan Cowell - Shortly after the radiation poisoning in London of a former K.G.B. officer, Alexander V. Litvinenko, a senior Russian official asserted that Moscow had been tailing his killers before he died but had been waved off by Britain’s security services, according ...
Ugandan Girls Entering Juba Prostitution RacketFlorence Ogola - Growing concern that vulnerable youngsters being trafficked or lured by promises they can make good money across border in Sudan. Mother-of-four Acullu Rose has not seen her daughter since the 13-year-old left the family home in Atiak, northern Uganda, ...
Helicopter Rumour Refuses to DieAhmad Kawoosh - Persistent accounts of western forces in Afghanistan using their helicopters to ferry Taleban fighters, strongly denied by the military, is feeding mistrust of the forces that are supposed to be bringing order to the country. One such tale came from a soldier ...
